Blotting-pad.



No. 784,211. PATENTED IMARJ, 1905. G. J'. HASMAN.

BLOTTING PAD.

APPLICATION FILED 0020.0, 1903.

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CHARLES J. HASMAN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

ELOTflNG-PAIU.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,211, dated March 7', 1905.

Application filed October 6, 1903. erial No. 176,979.

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Be it known that I, CHARLES J. HAsMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at 228 Orocker Building, in the city of San Francisco, county of San Francisco, and State of California. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Blotting -Pads; and i do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the said invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it most nearly appertains to make, use, and practice the same.

This invention relates to lmIJIOVGIHOHtS in blotting-pads, and more particularly to an advertising convenience combined therewith.

The common blotting-pad is subject to certain disadvantages, among which is the sloughing away of the surface when the blotter is rubbed down over the writing to be absorbed. The blotter with an advertisementimprinted thereon and gratuitously distributed has proven to be a fruitful advertising medium; but the disadvantage above set forth results in the partial obliteration of the printed matter before the blotter has outlasted its usefulness. and, further, this sloughing away makes the use of the blotter untidy about the desk and soils the fingers.

The objects of this invention are to eliminate the above disadvantages and at the same time add an attractive advertising-surface to the blotter.

Broadly, the invention consists of a piece of celluloid or any suitable material fastened to the opposite ends of the pad by resilient bands in such a manner that the piece of celluloid is centered by the bands, but has a free range of the whole surface of the pad in use. The celluloid may be transparent to disclose printed matter under it on the blotter, or it may be opaque and carry an advertisement upon its own surface. The interposition of the celluloid between the blotter and the band prevents the sloughing away of the blotter-surface.

1n the drawings, Figure 1 is a 1:)erspective view of a blotting-pad constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

In detail the construction consists of the blotting-pad A, made up of one or more sheets of blotting-paper secured together by rivets or any suitable means. The attachment thereto consists of the member B, composed of colluloid or any suitable substance trimmed to an attractive outline. The member B is attached to the pad by the resilient bands (7, engaging the ears B B and ext-ei'lding to and suitably attached to the edge of the pad. The bands U in this instance are the ordinary rubber bands of commerce. The manner of attaching the bands to the member B and the pad A is deemed of no consermence to the spirit of this invention. However, the two methods illustrated in Fig. 1 may be described as follows: The cars B and B are heartshaped and point away from the body of the member B, the ear to the right bcingcngaged at B by one loop of the band C, the other loop of said band being attached to the edge of the pad by the clip 1), having the ear 1) similar to the ear B. The cars B and B are provided with the straight cuts B, into which the loops of single strands of rubber C and C are respectively pulled, the jamming of the rubber being suflicient to hold it. The free end of the band (1 is passed around the eyelet A between the first and second sheets of the pad and tied or otherwise secured thereto. it will be noted that the ears B and B are slightly raised above the plane of the member B.

Having thus described this invention, what is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

l. A blotting-pad having a 1 rotection-piece of sheet material resiliel'itly secured to the surface.

2. A blotting-pad having a protection-picce of sheet material secured to its surface by resilient bands.

3. A blotting-pad, a protection-piece of sheet material, and resilient bands extending between the protection-piece and the edges I In testimony whereof I have hereunto set of the pad.

4:. A blottingpad, a protection-piece of I sheet material, having ears extending from 5 its edges and raised above its plane, and re- \Vitnesses:

silient members extending between said ears BALDWIN VALE, and the edges 01 the pad.

my hand this 28th day of September, 1903.

CHARLES J. HASMAN.

A. K. DAGGETT. 

